Adjustable shade and curtain fixture.



Patented Mar. i8, I902.

C. S. MYERS.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1901.)

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UNITED; STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MYERS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,694, dated March 18, 1902. Application filed September 20, I901. Serial No. 75,676. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7 I

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. MYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful "Improvement in Adjustable Shade and Ourtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of adjustable shade and curtain supports and has particular relation .to the improvement of the construction set forth in my former patent, No. 618,012, issued under date of January 17, 1899.

The objects of my present invention are to provide a shade and curtain support of improved construction and arrangement of parts wherein the construction set forth in said former patent is simplified, to provide an improved construction of pulley and rod bracket, to provide an improved and simplified construction of adjustable shade-supporting bar, and to provide other improvements the de tails of construction and arrangement of parts of which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face view of a window-frame having my improved shade and curtain supporting attachments. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line a: m of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of the shade-supporting bar. Fig. 4 is an inner face View of one of the sections of my improved pulley and rod bracket, showing for the sake of clearness the pulley in section therein. Fig. 5 is a plan view of said bracket. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the same; and Fig. 7 is an inner face view of the rear section of said bracket, showing a portion of one of the vertical curtain and shade supporting rods therein.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I support, in the manner hereinafter described, in front of each of the side frame-pieces 1 of a windowframe a vertical rod 2, the lower terminations of these rods being atpoints in the lower portion of the window-frame and the upper ends thereof terminating in outwardly-projecting and laterally-inclined hooks 2, these hook 1 terminations being arranged at a desirable height to support transversely therein a curtain-pole, such as is indicated at 3 in Fig. 1. In order to support each of these rods in the position described and at the same time provide a simple and convenient pulley block or bracket, I form a rod-support or'bracketbody of two sections, the construction of this bracket being more clearly set forth in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings. Of said bracket 4 represents the inner section, the same being in the nature of a short bar from the rear side of which projects a screw 5, which is adapted to be made to enter and engage the wood of the window-frame. The inner bracket-section thus formed is provided on its outer face near one end with a substantially vertical recess or rod receiving groove 6, which, as shown more clearly in Fig. 7 of the drawings, gradually decreases in width toward its lowerend. The ends of the bracketsection 4 are, as indicated in Fig. 7, inclined or made to flare outwardly toward the lower side of the bracket. tion, which is indicated at 8, has its body or greater portion bent outward to a substantially yoke form, asindica'ted at 8 ,while the horizontally-extending ends of said body are provided with angular or hook-like termina- The outer bracket-sections 9, the angular recesses of-which are,

asfindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings, so inclined that when the inclined ends of the section 4 are engaged therein a binding action of the two sections is attained,'which prevents the separation of the same, thus serving to lock the outer section against displacement by gravity or from being pulled downward. This outer bracket section 8 has projecting inward from its channel portion 8 a journal-pin 10, on which is mounted to rotate a suitable grooved or pulley wheel 11. its head or hook termination'2 is formed, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 7 of the drawings, with oppositely located and inclined recesses 12, the recessed portions of these rods being engaged in the tapering notches or recesses 6 of the bracket-sections 4 prior to the engagement of the section 8 with said section 4. A

In providing an adjustable shade-support I form thesupporting-bar thereof in two sec- Each of the rods 2 below tions, such as are indicated more clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, said sections being numbered as 13 and 14. The section 13 has its inner end formed with a laterally-projecting keeper 1 1, through which is adapted to slide the section 14, while the inner end of the section 14 is likewise provided with a latterally-projecting keeper 14:, through which the bar 13 is adapted to slide. In order to clamp the sections firmly in proper or desired relation, I provide the section 14: with a setscrew, which is indicated at 14 Between each of the keepers l3 and 14 and the corresponding end of each of said bars 13 and 14 I cause the bar to pass loosely through the upper portion of a depending shade-bracket arm 15, the lower end of one of these arms having an angular or squared opening 15 and the end of the remaining arm having a round opening 15*, these openings being adapted to receive, respectively, the squared and round end spindles 16 of an ordinary spring-actuated shade-roller having a shade 16 mounted thereon. In order to fix the sliding arms 15 at desirable distances one from the other, and thus provide for the support of shade-rollers of different lengths, I employin said arms set-screws 17, the inner ends of which are designed to engage the bar-sections 13 and 14:. The outer end of each of said bar-sections is provided with an angular clip 18, the rearwardly-extending member of each of which has formed therein a vertical opening 19, through which the corresponding rod 2 is adapted to pass loosely. The upwardly extending member of each of the clips 18 is also provided with an opening 20. In these openings 20 are adapted to be secured the ends of a shade-operating cord 21. This cord, as shown in Figs. 1 and i of the drawings, runs upward from one of the clips 18 over that pulley 11 which is above said clip, thence extends horizontally to and over the opposite pulley 11, from which it depends, this depending portion being looped or doubled and made to pass upward and over said last-named pulley a second time, thence downward to the remaining clip 18 of the bar 13 14:. The depending or loop portion of the cord 21, which I have indicated at 21, has suitably supported from its lower end a desirable form of weight 22, which operates as a counterbalance for the shade supporting bar and shade.

As indicated in the drawings, the lower portions of each of the rods 2 pass loosely through suitable guide projections or keepers 23 on the window-frame. I also provide said rods in their lower portions with desirable forms of projecting hooks or bracket-fingers 24, over which the lower or depending portions of the curtains, which may be mounted from the rod or pole 3, are draped. These hooks or fingers are held at the desired height on said rods by set-screws.

It is obvious that the shade and its support may be raised or lowered to a desirable height on the window-frame by pulling upon the cord loop 21 or raising said loop and its weight 22.

It will be observed that in the construction of the shade-supporting bar simple and convenient means are provided for adjusting the same with reference to its length and that desirable means are likewise provided for the adjustment of the curtain-roller-supporting arms to facilitate the employment of rollers of different lengths. 7

Owing to the fact that the sections 4 and 8, which form the pulley and rod brackets, are formed and united without the employment of screws, rivets, or other fastening devices, it is obvious that said brackets may be produced at a comparatively small expense and that the parts thereof may be quickly assembled or disconnected. It is obvious that the Weight of the rods 21 and their tendency to drop downward will serve to increase the frictional engagement between the inclined recesses 12 of said rod and the inclined sides of the grooves 6 of the bracket-sections 8, and that this means of detachably locking the rod in connection with the bracket obviates the employment of set-screws or other means for connecting the same.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a fixture, a pulley block or bracket comprising an inner fixed section and an outer detachable section, said sections adapted to interlock with each other and a pulley journaled between said sections, substantially as specified.

2. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with the rods shaped at their upper ends to support a pole, of brackets comprising a section adapted to be rigidly connected with the window-frame and a section adapted to interlock therewith without additional means of connection, a pulley mounted between said bracket-sections,said brackets adapted to embrace and support said rods, substantially as specified.

3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with the rods 2 adapted to support a pole at their upper ends and having inclined recesses 12, of brackets each comprising a section I having means for detachably connecting the same with a window-frame and having a tapering groove 0 and inclined ends, of an outer bracket-section 8 having angular inclined ends adapted to receive and interlock with the inclined ends of said section 41, the recessed portions of said rods adapted to engage as described the inclined grooves 6, substantially as specified.

4. In an adjustable shade-supporting fixture, the combination with the rods 2 having their upper ends adapted to support a curtain-pole, brackets each comprising an inner section adapted to be secured to the windowframe and an outer section adapted to interlock with said inner section and a pulley jour- ICO naled between said sections, of an adjustable a curtain-pole, of brackets supporting the up- 10 shade-supporting bar having its ends 'adapt-' per portions of said rods, keepers through ed to slide on said rods and suspending-cords which the lower portions of the rods pass running upward from'said' bar over said pulloosely'and bracket-arms 24 vertically adjust- 5 leys and a counterbalance on said cord, subable 0n the rods 2, substantially as speeified.

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5. In an adjustable shade and curtain sup-V In presence 0f-- I porting fixture, the combination with therods W. L'. MERWINE,

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